Somerville High School

James Thorton “Gump”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed James Thorton (“Gump”) among 563 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: College Course; activities listed: Track and Baseball; lived at 27 Brook Street. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 95.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 1 more named Thorton

Full name: James Thorton
Known as: Gump
Lived at: 27 Brook Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: College Course

Also searched as: Gump Thorton; Jim Thorton; Jimmy Thorton; Thorton, James.

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Neighbours 4
Classmates 562

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 563 names from the Somerville High School class of 1931, James stands 508th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 95, near the end of the stretch from page 27 to page 102 where this site found the book's portraits. James's course, College Course, is also the course of 78 others in the 535 entries that print one (15% in all). James is also the first name of 13 other people in the Somerville High School class of 1931. The class of 1931: 15% of printed courses lead to college, versus 23% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Frank Syreurcz, William Taggard, Anna Tanzilli, Donald Taylor and 3 more
Same club	Track: 32 other classmates
Same club	Baseball: 38 other classmates
Same course	College Course: 79 of 535 classmates with a course (15%)
Same first name	James: 13 other people in the class

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 95. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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